Classic Shellis a collection of usability enhancements for Windows. The main features are:

• Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins
  
• Start button for Windows 7 and Windows 8
  
• Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer
  
• Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer
  

New Features

Classic Start Menu (Clone)

Classic Start Menu is a clone of the original start menu, which you can find in all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista. It has a variety of advanced features:

• Drag and drop to let you organize your applications
  
• Options to show Favorites, expand Control Panel, etc
  
• Shows recently used documents. The number of documents to display is customizable
  
• Translated in 35 languages, including Right-to-left support for Arabic and Hebrew
  
• Does not disable the original start menu in Windows. You can access it by Shift+Click on the start button
  
• Right-click on an item in the menu to delete, rename, sort, or perform other tasks
  
• The search box helps you find your programs without getting in the way of your keyboard shortcuts
  
• Supports jumplists for easy access to recent documents and common tasks
  
• Available for 32 and 64-bit operating systems
  
• Has support for skins, including additional 3rd party skins
  
• Fully customizable in both looks and functionality
  
• Support for Microsoft’s Active Accessibility
  
• Converts the “All Programs” button in the Windows menu into a cascading menu (Vista and Windows 7)
  
• Implements a customizable Start button (Windows 7 and 8)
  
• Can show, search and launch Windows Store apps (Windows 8)
  
• And last but not least – it's FREE!
  

New Classic Explorer (Like XP Style)

Classic Exploreris a plugin for Windows Explorer that:

• Adds a toolbar to Explorer for some common operations (Go to parent folder, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Properties, Email). The toolbar is fully customizable
  
• Replaces the copy UI in Vista and Windows 7 with the more user-friendly “classic” version similar to Windows XP
  
• Handles Alt+Enter in the folder panel of Windows Explorer and shows the properties of the selected folder
  
• Has options for customizing the folder panel to look more like the Windows XP version or to not fade the expand buttons
  
• Can show the free disk space and the total file size in the status bar
  
• Can disable the breadcrumbs in the address bar
  
• Fixes a long list of features that are broken in Windows 7 – missing icon overlay for shared folders, the jumping folders in the navigation pane, missing sorting headers in list view, and more
  

Classic IE (IE9/IE10 Only) (NOT Support IE7/IE8)
Classic IE9 is a plugin for Internet Explorer 9 that:

• Adds a caption to the title bar so you can see the full title of the page
  
• Shows the security zone in the status bar
  
• Shows the loading progress in the status bar
  

Supported Operating System

• For Version 3.5.x/3.6.x Users: Windows Vista SP2 or later, Server 2008 or later [DISCONTINUED]
  
• For Version 3.9.x/4.x.x Users: Windows 7 or later, Server 2008 R2 or later

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Official Home Page

http://www.classicshell.net

Download

http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/latest